Wednesday, September 19, 2012

OWN Pulls Big Numbers with Usher and Evelyn


Oprah's OWN Network scored ratings gold with its Oprah's Next Chapter interview featuring Usher and the season premier of Iyanla: Fix My Life featuring Evelyn Lozada...

Over 1 million viewers tuned in Saturday night to watch Iyanla Vanzant counsel Basketball Wives' Evelyn Lozada on 'Iyanla Fix My Life', earning the #2 spot for its time period on cable.

The next night more than 1.5 million viewers turned to OWN to catch Oprah's interview with Usher, earning the #3 spot its time period.

And it's not just the celebrity interviews fueling OWN's ratings.

OWN's reality show 'Welcome to Sweetie Pie's' has had triple digit growth in ratings since last year and the network across the board has shown ratings growth for nine straight months.